Falling is a skill like any other - the more you fall, the better you get at it.

90 year olds must be excellent at falling then. At least way better than toddlers.

Luck plays a role in this. My grandmother took so many falls, in the process broke her leg once, and then proceeded to take even more falls, and she was lucky to never break anything again.

I'm not saying falls are recommended for the elderly, or that they should take risks that can lead to falls - but luck, just like I'm anything in life, plays a role.

Some people can't afford to live like they're made of glass, with all the support a available for them to prevent such events.

If you're not a wealthy elderly, or if you don't have a family willing to take sacrifices, then your luck starts to drop A LOT.

doing something more doesn't make you better at it. learning to do it better is what makes you better. people are quite capable of doing a lot of something without ever getting better.

This and Neroli are my favorites to play when I want something that doesn’t take over my attention, but grounds it.

Since there are zillions of Model Ys out there, what will the replacement battery market look like when mine finally fails in n more years? Will there be relatively inexpensive batteries with the same kWh as mine? Will there be more expensive batteries with more or much more storage available? I guess I'll find out.

There's already a secondhand market that replaces and upgrades Nissan Leaf batteries.

Same goes for Teslas. The official Tesla service will always replace the whole slab for massive $$$$. Smaller independent shops (mostly self-taught currently) can replace individual failed blocks from donor batteries pretty cheaply. (Less money than an head gasket change or a clutch replacement.)

So the old adage of how to get to Carnegie Hall is doubly true - practice!

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Nice! I am going to give it a try for my Sierra Nevada foothills location. On cooler mornings I tend to add a light Smartwool beanie and a second shirt layer (long sleeve over short sleeve), weights according to my feelings about the temperature.

Or randomly and suddenly change lanes or brake, or both, and you’d better be ready for that every second of your drive.

I don't want to give up caffeine, but I have my two shots before 7 or 8am and that's it for caffeine. You didn't mention alcohol, maybe you aren't a drinker? Giving up alcohol for ~4 days definitely improves my sleep - no 2am wakeups, more dreams - but then it's the weekend again, whoops. If I can't fall back asleep after around 15-30 minutes, I get up and read for an hour; that always works. I try to think in terms of sleep cycles - did I get enough? can I get one more? I'm surprised a sleep mask doesn't improve sleep onset. I am addicted to my scarf eye cover's total darkness.

haha I should have scrolled before commenting. I brought up the alcohol thing too. totally agree.

the sleep mask/something over the eyes was a huge thing for me about 5 years ago (that lasted about 5 years prior) and even now I have blackout curtains, though they don't fully block light on the edges. but if you're like me, you'll eventually ween off the eye covering without noticing why.

Perfect timing - I just finished John McPhee’s wonderful “Assembling California”. It goes into quite a bit of detail of how California came together, and includes some history of tectonic plate theory, the gold rush, and quite a lot more.

I’ll call it Xitter.

The X is pronounced with the SH sound.

Or it could be Albanian.